Brit Hume Biography, Age, Family, Wife, Son, On the Record and Fox News

Brit Hume Biography

Brit Hume was born on June 22, 1943, he is an American television journalist and political commentator. He had a 23-year career with ABC News, where he contributed to World News Tonight with Peter Jennings, Nightline, and This Week. Hume served as ABC’s chief White House correspondent from 1989 to 1996.

He then spent 12 years as the Washington, D.C., managing editor of the Fox News Channel and the anchor of Special Report with Brit Hume. After he retired as the anchor of Special Report in 2008, he became a senior political analyst for Fox News and a regular panelist on Fox News Sunday. He was named the interim anchor of On the Record in September 2016, after the abrupt resignation of the show’s longtime host, Greta Van Susteren, and served in that capacity through the 2016 elections.

Brit Hume Age

Hume was born in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 1943, he is 75 years old as in year 2018.

Brit Hume Family

Hume was born in Washington, D.C., he is the son of George Graham Hume and Virginia Powell (née Minnigerode) Hume. On the side of his father, Hume is of part Scottish descent, descended from George Home (1698–1760), a son of the 10th Baron of Wedderburn exiled to Virginia in the aftermath of the First Jacobite Rebellion.

Brit Hume Wife| Divorce|Married

Hume divorced his first wife, Clare Jacobs Stoner for unknown reasons. Together they had a son, Sandy Hume, who was a reporter for the newspaper The Hill, their daughter Virginia Hume who was born in 1965 is contributor to The Weekly Standard. Hume married his second wife Kim Schiller Hume who was Fox News vice president and Washington bureau chief before she retired in 2006.

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Brit Hume Son|Son Death

In February 1998, Sandy Hume the son Britdied Feb 22 in his apartment in Arlington. According to his family he committed suicide. The National Press Club honors his memory with its annual Sandy Hume Memorial Award for Excellence in Political Journalism. Hume has said that he committed his life to Jesus Christ “in a way that was very meaningful” to him in the aftermath of his son’s suicide in 1998.

Brit Hume House|Home

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Brit Hume Fox News

Hume left ABC for the fledgling Fox News Network in 1996 for which his wife had recently become chief of the Washington bureau. During his last news conference as ABC’s chief White House correspondent, President Clinton told him, “I think all of us think you have done an extraordinary, professional job under Republican and Democratic administrations alike.” Hume became Fox News’s Washington managing editor.

Brit Hume Net Worth|Salary

As an news anchor and author Hume has a net worth of $14 million dollars. He also receives 2 million salary every year.

On The Record With Brit Hume

Brite was the host of the show named On the Record after Van Susterent’s departure from Fox News on September 6, 2016, this is an American news television program. This show was named On the Record with Greta Van Susteren’s and On the Record with Brit Hume during each host’s respective runs.
It featured news stories of the day following the latest information from correspondent on location and officials related issue. Like other networks, the program also consisted of analysis from legal analysts of the network and the host on the stories it was following. In addition, the program also derailed from criminal stories to follow breaking news of the day, as do other programs on the network.

Brit Hume And Megyn Kelly|Affair

Early in 2007 rumors circulated that Megyn was having an affair with Fox News veteran broadcaster Brit Hume, who had taken Kelly under his wing. She was contributing legal segments for his show SPecial Report with Brit Hume. Kelly was mortified .
Kelly Describes how she and Hume reacted when the report was published, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. After meeting Brit and His wife Kim Hume they all hit it off immediately.

Brit Hume Retired|Retiring Fox News

In July 2008 It was reported that Hume would retire as anchor of Special Report at the end of the year, but he would remain on Fox News in a different role. Hume hosted his final episode as anchor of Special Report, announcing that Bret Baier then the Chief White House correspondent for Fox News as a Senior News would be his replacement.

Brit Hume Political Views|Democrat

This is what president Clinton told him “I think all of us think you have done an extraordinary, professional job under Republican and Democratic administrations alike.” Hume became Fox News’s Washington managing editor.

Brit Hume Boca Grande

On any given Monday or Tuesday in Boca Grande, you probably won’t see Kim and Hume at a cocktail party. That’s because while you may be having a cocktail or watching the news on television, Hume is appearing on TV, on Fox News, live from Boca Grande. Kim is the technician, camera and audio operator making the live television feed possible.